Xeon Platinum 8170M vs E5-2670 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking876not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.92no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency6.74no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,589$10,409

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads2452
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier2321
L1 cache64K (per core)1.625 MB
L2 cache3 MB26 MB
L3 cache30 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C89 °C
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170M.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 25 April 2017
Physical cores 12 26
Threads 24 52
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 37.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8170M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 116.7% more physical cores and 116.7% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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